fig leaf

fig leaf

美 　英

• n.遮羞布；无花果树叶（传统上用作裸体画像或雕像的遮阴物）
• 网络无花果叶；无花果叶子；无花果树叶图片

词形变化

复数：fig leaves  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. (雕塑)裸体像的遮羞叶,遮羞布 2. 无花果叶

英英解释

n.	1. a leaf from a fig treeYou often see a fig leaf covering the sex organs of people in paintings. 2. something that hides another thing that is considered morally wrong

例句

As soon as Eve ate the apple of wisdom, she reached for the fig leaf. When a woman begins to think, her first thought is of a new dress.

夏娃一吃了智慧之果，赶紧去拿遮羞叶子。女人一旦有了思想，第一个念头就是要新衣服。所以时装行业永远不会过时。

The youngest boy went to the ditch, where the frog awaited him in a carriage fashioned out of a fig leaf and drawn by four snails.

小王子来到水沟边，青蛙正在一架四只蜗牛拉着的车子上等着他，车子是用无花果的树叶做成的。

The true intention of making Bao-Jia involved in the autonomy, was to consolidate country power. In fact, the autonomy was just a fig leaf .

“寓保甲于自治之中”的真正意图照旧是为了强化国家的权力，自治只不过是它的一块遮丑布而已。

It will conclude that, done badly, it is often just a fig leaf and can be positively harmful.

它的结论将是，如果做得不好，它很可能就是一块遮羞布，甚至有害。

Their pilfer we hundreds of film, pressing a root is company of edition of a pilfer, just bought a few pieces when fig leaf .

他们盗了我们几百部影片，压根就是一个盗版公司，只不过买了几个片子当遮羞布。

One thing is certain: when the fig leaf of civilian government arrives in 2011, there will be no place in it for the Lady.

有一件事是肯定的：2011年的文人政府，作为军政府的遮羞布，没有留给她任何位置。

But back in 2008 the US government effectively nationalised Fannie and Freddie, under the fig leaf of a "conservatorship" scheme.

然而，回溯到2008年，美国政府打着“监护”计划的旗号，实际上对房利美和房地美施行了国有化。

If these special room selling well, perhaps some of the old price set a fig leaf for the larger hole would be more tear.

如果这些特价房卖得不错，也许一些老盘降价的遮羞布口子会越撕越大。

It could be even worse, providing a fig leaf of plausibility for Mr Mugabe to carry on his destructive rule.

考虑到穆加贝会用花言巧语来当做遮羞布，以便他继续进行毁灭性的统治，新政府甚至可能会更加糟糕。

Fig leaf green, Four Seasons Evergreen, indeed root, stem, branches, leaves no United States does not prepare.

榕叶翠绿，四季长青，真可谓根、干、枝、叶无美不备。

But many in Kadima say they won't join a government to be a fig leaf for Mr. Netanyahu.

但是，许多前进党人表示，他们不会参加由内塔尼亚胡领导的政府。

She brings out a huge fig leaf. He says, "Still not big enough. "

女孩找出一片巨大的无花果叶，他还是说：“还是不够大，遮不住。”

Which leaves only that yellowed, near-translucent fig leaf of an idea: the Scientific Method.

哪只留下的泛黄，几乎半透明的遮羞布了一个想法：科学方法。

If you try to cover up your misdeed with a fig leaf, you will make it more conspicuous.

你要是想用遮羞布掩盖你的恶行，结果只能是欲盖弥彰。

'It's a fig leaf, ' said Nicholas Bequelin, China research director for the New York-based activist group Human Rights Watch.

纽约人权组织人权观察（HumanRightsWatch）的中国研究负责人尼古拉斯？贝克林（NicholasBequelin）谈到，这只是一块遮羞布。

In previous years, I have handed out numerous awards for euphemisms, but the winner of this year's Golden Fig Leaf is rather special.

往年我评出了众多表彰委婉措辞的奖项，但本年度“金遮羞布奖”的得主有点特殊。

Sanctions were a mere fig-leaf for weak politicians.

制裁只是无能政客的遮羞布。

Morally the question was, am I becoming the fig leaf to legitimate a system that was deeply corrupt?

这是道德问题，在这样一个腐败深入骨髓的体制中，我要变成一块遮羞布吗？

Adam bit the apple and, feeling great shame, coverd himself with a fig leaf.

亚当咬了一口苹果后，顿觉羞愧，便用无花果树叶遮体。

Swam the Whirlpool and the Rapids in a fig-leaf suit. It got much damaged.

我乘无花果树去旋流和急流上漂流，结果我受到了严重的伤害。

He couldn't believe it, so the maiden opened a jewel case containing the fig leaf, the frog skin, and four snail shells.

“我就是青蛙啊，”看见王子半信半疑，姑娘就打开一个珍宝盒，只见里面放着无花果的树叶，一张青蛙的皮和四个蜗牛壳。

Can we say that Yao Ming is the fig leaf created by the Chinese Men's Basketball Team?

难道我们可以说姚明是国家男篮创造出的遮羞布吗？

Lacking a fig leaf of false modesty, he informed one Brooklyn audience, "I have a message to the West as Buddha had a message to the East. "

他连假意谦虚的遮羞布都不披，曾经告诉一位布鲁克林的听众：“我为西方带来了一条启示，就像释迦摩尼为东方带来的启示一样。”

Chinese pumpkin 57, bottle gourd Hua No. 3 and fig-leaf-gourd as rootstock, JinChun-4 as scion were used to research symbiotic affinity.

共生亲和力分析，以华瓠杂3号、黑籽南瓜和中国南瓜57做砧木，接穗为津春四号黄瓜。

They set out. He walked ahead while the snails followed, pulling the fig leaf with the frog upon it.

他们出发了，他在前边走着，而蜗牛拉着树叶上的青蛙在后面跟着。

Indeed, by taking part in a democratic charade, the NDF might merely provide a fig leaf for the dictatorship.

的确，藉由参与这个虚伪的民主，全国民主力量可能仅为独裁统治提供了一片遮羞布。

a fig leaf. He says, "Not big enough. "

他说：“这个不够大，遮不住。”

The winner will also receive a "Golden Fig Leaf" trophy plus 10, 000 pounds ($18, 630) in cash.

冠军获得者同样还将获得一片“金无花果叶”，以及1万英镑的现金作为奖励。

Studies on the Separation and Agri-fungicidal Bioactivity of Phenol Substance from Fig Leaf with Column Chromatography Way

无花果叶中酚类物质的柱层析分离及农用抑菌活性测定

The gloomy sky is just like a fig leaf

天低沉的像一块遮羞布

Research on Agri-fungicidal Bioactivity of Phenol Substance Which was Separated with Acid and Alkali Way From the Fig Leaf

无花果叶中酚类物质的提取、分离及农用抑菌活性研究